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Published 9 Jun 2025, 08:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Kent Scientific Services (KSS) Instruments

Official notice

Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)

Direct award
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Awarded value£476,300published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 6 Jun 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Kent Scientific Services require additional equipment, to supplement existing instruments.

The equipment required is as follows:

Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometer triple

Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer triple quadrupole

2 x High Performance Liquid Chromatography instrument with diode array and fluorescence detector

Jet clean upgrade for existing LCMSQQQ (to be fitted to existing instrument)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Jun 2025, 08:38 BST
Last source update
7 May 2026, 08:33 BST
Authority reference
CN250435
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-041679
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0544e6 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement

Published justification

The Council requires additional instruments which are the same as, and compatible with existing provisions. A change of Supplier would result in the Council receiving goods that are different from, and incompatible with the existing equipment, which would result in significant technical difficulties in operation and maintenance. This would result in significant delays to key services undertaken by Kent Scientific Services.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Jun 2025 → 7 May 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    18 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published173 days ago
    7 May 2026, 08:33 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Jun 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    9 Jun 2025, 08:38 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    9 Jun 2025, 08:44 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    7 May 2026, 08:33 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £476,3001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Agilent Technologies LDA UK LtdKSS Instruments1 Aug 2025 – 31 Aug 2025£476,300 inc. VAT6 Jun 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd

    Signed
    1 Jul 2025
    Value
    £476,300 inc. VAT
    Period
    1 Aug 2025 – 31 Aug 2025
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Not Applicable

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Kent County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLDL-8938-YGYW County Hall, Maidstone, South East, ME14 1XQContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES LDA UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08815891GB-PPON: PCQP-6172-GDRX 5500 Lakeside Cheadle Royal Business Park, Cheadle, North West, SK8 3GRContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender